MotoGP Argentina: New schedule as Friday running postponed
Friday’s free practice action for the Argentina Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo has been postponed due to a logistical nightmare.
All freight for MotoGP’s three classes had been shipped from Indonesia to South America via five cargo flights over the past fortnight, with one suffering technical issues and delayed en route.
The final shipment is expected into Argentina on Friday morning, with all opening day action postponed as a result.
The new truncated schedule sees only one MotoGP free practice session cancelled, with Saturday proving busy for the entire championship. Sunday’s running will sit relatively unchanged with just warm up’s extended and returning to 20 minutes for the junior classes.
New Argentina GP schedule (Local time zone BST -4 hours)
SATURDAY 08:45-09:25 40 min. Moto3 Free Practice 1 09:40-10:20 40 min. Moto2 Free Practice 1 10:35-11:20 45 min. MotoGP Free Practice 1
11:35-12:15 40 min. Moto3 Free Practice 2 12:30-13:10 40 min. Moto2 Free Practice 2 13:25-14:10 45 min. MotoGP Free Practice 2
14:35-14:50 15 min. Moto3 Qualifying Practice 1 15:00-15:15 15 min. Moto3 Qualifying Practice 2
15:30-15:45 15 min. Moto2 Qualifying Practice 1 15:55-16:10 15 min. Moto2 Qualifying Practice 2
16:25-16:55 30 min. MotoGP Free Practice 3 17:05-17:20 15 min. MotoGP Qualifying Practice 1 17:30-17:45 15 min. MotoGP Qualifying Practice 2
SUNDAY 09:30-09:50 20 min. Moto3 Warm Up 10:00-10:20 20 min. Moto2 Warm Up 10:30-11:00 20 min. MotoGP Warm Up
12:00 Moto3 Race (21 laps) 13:20 Moto2 Race (23 laps) 15:00 MotoGP Race (25 laps)
